Eighty students were expelled from the University of Ibadan at the end
of the last academic session for poor academic performance.Vice
Chancellor of Nigeria’s premier University, Professor Abel Idowu
Olayinka, disclosed this today at the matriculation of 4008 students for
the 2015/ 2016 session.
The event which was postponed last week held at the university’s International Conference Centre.
Twenty-eight
of the expelled students came from the sciences, while 20 came from
Agriculture and Forestry department. Arts produced 13 of them, Basic
Medical Sciences 1, Public Health 1, Social Sciences 6, Education 4,
Technology 5, and Veterinary Medicine 2.
Olayinka told the
freshmen that other reasons students could lose their studentship
include: examination misconduct, unruly behavior, indecent behavior,
vandalism, miscellaneous hall offences, unauthorized
use/displacement/damage to university property, pilfering,
insubordination, direct sale of bed space/squatting in halls of
residence, membership of secret cult(s) on campus, illegal participation
in the National Youth Service Programme, illegal registration as
full-time student, and infringement of other university regulations.
“Any
of the under-listed is a criminal offence which must be referred to the
Police: fraud, theft, burglary, assault occasioning bodily harm,
murder, membership of a secret cult inside or outside campus, possession
of fire-arms, arson, rape, possession and/or use of hard drug and drug
trafficking and other criminal offences”.
Olayinka advised the new students tasting freedom for the first time that freedom is not absolute.
“Those
of you who are leaving home for the first time would realize that you
are now exposed to enjoy a measure of freedom, which you may not have
enjoyed before, as you are no longer under the watchful eyes of your
parents.
This freedom, however, has its limitations. In other
words, your freedom ends at the point where you trample on the
fundamental human right of others, or when you infringe on the rules and
regulations of the University”.
He urged the new students to be studious.
“Let
me inform you that at the University of Ibadan, we do not tell students
what to think. You have to learn to think for yourselves. Our teaching
is designed to produce intellectual self-reliance-to teach you how to
learn and how to take charge of your thinking.
We encourage you
to be independent in your judgment and critical in your analysis. We
work to help you develop these skills here at UI, and we hope you will
retain them for life. They will continue to serve you as you experience a
world that is constantly and rapidly changing.
I, therefore,
want to charge you not to restrict yourselves to your field of study
alone so as to profit maximally from the numerous activities that will
be presented to you throughout the duration of your course in the
university”.
He warned the students to comport themselves in a
manner that is befitting of an undergraduate student and or new
postgraduate student of this premier institution, as the university
would not tolerate any act of hooliganism and wanton destruction of
properties – all in the name of students’ demonstration, indecent
dressing, prostitution and or any other social vices”.
Olayinka also warned students against cultism and sexual harassment.
“Cultism
by all estimation is evil and those who associate themselves with it
are also evil. For this reason, you should not go into any relationship
without thorough investigation.
The approach employed is that the
cultists camouflage in different colors to recruit members. You should
live a modest life and avoid flaunting your financial disposition in
public, as this is a veritable attraction to the hoodlums who engage in
cultism”.
The 4008 students admitted by the university this year rank the highest in recent times as admission was pegged at 3000.
The
Vice Chancellor disclosed that out of 23,219 students that made 200 and
above that were invited for Post-UTME, 19,292 sat for the exam out of
which 3,225 were given admissions adding additional 783 admitted were
from 2,512 applicants received from Direct entry.
“Those that
make the institution first and second choice with score 180 and above
were 32,587. Those that make it first and second choice with score 200
and above invited for Post-UTME were 23,219.
Candidates who sat
for the Post-UTME were 19,292 and candidates that were cleared for
admission were 3,225. 2,512 applied through Direct entry and those
offered admission were 783”.
“A breakdown of the undergraduate
admission on a faculty-by-faculty basis are: Agriculture and Forestry
408, Arts 618, Medicine 550, Education 784, Law 147, Pharmacy 90,
Science 571, Technology 369, The Social Sciences 351, and Veterinary
Medicine 120, totalling, 4,008”.
